Photographers stroll around the area, play with their smartphones and do other things to waste time until the magical moment ...

In response to media reports that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering dissolving the House of Representatives for a ...

A train station in this east Japan city has unveiled an alternative station sign as part of a photo spot to bring students ...

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Chiba Prefecture gets about 3 million visitors every year. Under a clear blue sky, long lines ...

The operator of Narita Airport, east of Tokyo, has conducted a trial of a clothing compression machine to prevent people ...

July 11 (UPI) --A 21-year-old Chinese woman was rescued off of Japan's Chiba Prefecture after she was swept into the deeper ocean while swimming some 36 hours earlier, officials said on Wednesday. The ...

A Vision 60 robodog operates alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops at Narashino Training Area outside Tokyo, Jan.

CHIBA PREFECTURE, Japan–A record 15 countries took part in a New Year’s jump training simulating island defense that was ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Sunday inspected the annual New Year military drill by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade at its Narashino base in Funabashi, Chiba ...

A police station in Chiba Prefecture said Sunday that a man in his 60s who was being held in the station's detention center has died. The man was arrested on Dec 14 and was being held at Chiba Higashi ...